The Iliad: Commentary v5 Bk 17-20 - Softcover

Edwards/Kirk

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521312086 ISBN 13: 9780521312080

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

This is Volume Five of the major six-volume Commentary on Homer's Iliad now being prepared under the general editorship of Professor G.S. Kirk. Volumes I and II, published in 1985 and 1990 respectively, were edited by Professor Kirk himself. Like its predecessors, the present volume (the first to be edited by one of Professor Kirk's four collaborators) consists of four introductory essays (including discussions of similes and other features of narrative style) followed by the commentary. The Greek text is not included. This project is the first large-scale commentary on the Iliad for nearly one hundred years, and takes special account of language, style, and thematic structure as well as of the complex social and cultural background to the work.

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Book Description:

The fifth volume of the major six-volume commentary on Homer's Iliad is the first to be edited by one of G.S. Kirk's four collaborators. It also consists of four introductory essays (including discussions of similes and other features of narrative style) followed by the commentary.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521312086
• ISBN 13: 9780521312080
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 376